Daniel Acuña

(b. 1974, Spain)

The Avengers #18

Fine Arts-graduate Daniel Acuña began his career working as a team with fellow artist Santiago Arcas. Their partnership came to fruition in the fanzine El Tío Saín. Their way of working was rather unusual: Arcas scripted and roughed out the pages, and Acuña did the final draft in his own inimitable style. They gained fame with their 'Claus y Simón' series, that was published by Spanish publisher La Cupula between 1998 and 2001, as well as the French publisher Albin Michel and the US magazine Heavy Metal.

Claus y Simón

Acuña got the opportunity to work for the US market, starting with an unpublished mini-series for Marvel Comics. He became a cover artist for DC's 'Justice League of America' and 'Outsiders' series. While continuing to do cover art, he also did the interiors for the DC mini-series 'Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters' in 2006-07. He also did fill-ins on 'Flash' and 'Green Lantern'.

Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters

He started to work exclusively for Marvel in 2008, and has worked on 'Black Widow', 'The Eternals', 'X-Men Legacy', 'The Avengers' and 'Wolverine'. He lives and works in Águilas, Spain.